Twitter Chats are a great way to enhance organizing efforts and to activate a base of your supporters that might not engage offline, who prefer to show support online, and/or who are not in the immediate geographical area. They are also a fun way to create conversation, connect members of your community to each other, learn about what your supporters care about, and to create awareness so more people become supporters.

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Building community
with Twitter Chats
Juan Vasquez

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Hi, I’m Juan.

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Goals for today
The basics
Sample model
Prep
Day-of
Follow-up
Feel more comfortable
incorporating Twitter Chats
into organizing efforts

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Basics
Community event
Date
Time
Host
Guests
Conversation
Access code

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Sample Model
Facilitate
Amplify
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Amplify
Amplify
= communities

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Prep
ID guests (Followerwork)
Event page
Workbook
Flyer sized for SM
Pre-written invites
Pre-written Q’s

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• Promote every 30 min
• 10-min warning
• @-mention special guests
• Welcome all guests
• Share relevant links
• Give Q’s time
• Host, network, organize
• Thank guests
• Share back
Day-of

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•Storify it
•Embed it
•Email it
•Tweet it
•Post it
Follow-up
Donations?
Volunteers?

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@JuanSVas
jvasquez@nationbuilder.com
vasquezsays.com
Questions?